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Arrest after scam reported to police

POLICE REPORT Rockdale police made an arrest Saturday after receiving what they termed a “scam report.” Police Chief Thomas Harris said police received a report of elderly persons being charged work that was not performed. Arrested was 48-year-old Lonnie Burt Donaldson of Caldwell.

MILAM COUNTY JAIL LOG

Here is the jail log for May 22-28 from the Milam County Sheriff’s Department. Jail logs list all persons charged with offenses through the county jail docket. Charges may change during the process. Persons are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CALLS

Calls for the Milam County Sheriff’s Department during the past week included: May 22—Information, FM 487, south of Rock-dale; 911 call abandoned, East Avenue A, town not listed; burglary, CR 214, Cameron area; trespassing, Circle Drive, Gause area; theft, US 77, north of Burlington; information,...

SENIOR CITIZENS MENU

Monday—Breaded pork chop, brown gravy, navy beans, carrots, wheat bread, apricots, milk. Tuesday—Baked ham, yam patties, French cut green beans, biscuit, pineapple chunks, milk.

MILESTONES

Marriage Licenses Daniel Ray Cain III and Brandy Nicole Denero. Melvin Lee Goss and April Dawn Longoria. Shannon Duke Daniel and Brooklynn Dawn Moore. Gene Henry Rek and Cynthia Lee Power. Divorces Granted David Castillo and Alisha Marie Castillo. James Loilli Webb and Denise Webb.

GAUSE NEWS

Family members attended Seth Vin-ton’s graduation from Mumford High School this past week. Sunday afternoon our family had lunch at the Coopers. Some enjoyed time in the swimming pool. Great afternoon with everyone.

ELCAT to host meeting, 50th-year celebration of National Trails Act

ORGANIZATIONS CAMERON—El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) will host the first meeting of the El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT Model Trail Community and a 50th anniversary celebration of the National Trails System Act at 10 a.m.

MILAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

COUNTY COURT Deed Without Warranty Pamela Fisher Batchelder, trustee of Fisher Legacy Trust, to Stephen C. Batchelder and Pamela Fisher Batchelder (v. 1,337, p. 663). Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure Angelica Salazar to Hollis Lewis (v. 1,337, p. 716).

Indoor graduation Friday

There’s no uncertainty about the weather for graduation exercises at 7:30 p.m. Friday for the 99-candidate Rockdale High School class of 2018. Rain, shine, or anything in between, it will be held in the spacious, air-conditioned RHS gym.

‘YOU CAN’T MAKE AN OMELET’

‘YOU CAN’T MAKE AN OMELET’—You know the rest of that phrase. In just over a week, workers have already “broken a lot of eggs” as a $5-million project to renovate and replace football and track facilities at Tiger Field ramps up.